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United Nations presses EC on UK exclusion from Lugano Convention

International human rights lawyers have welcomed a move by the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights (UN) to ask the European Commission (EC) to justify its position on excluding the United Kingdom (UK) from the cross-border legal cooperation international treaty, the “Lugano Convention”

Brexit: doing business in Britain

Helen Wong assesses how Brexit has both positively and negatively affected overall business negotiations

Is competition law taking over data protection claims?

Matthew Hunt and Victoria Baron assess the CJEU's opinion on Facebook infringing on competition law through data collection practices

British Safety Council calls for Retained EU Law Bill to be changed or scrapped

The Council fears businesses will face a legal 'black hol'; post-2023

Brexit and IP law: the consequences for lawyers

Peter Vaughan considers Brexit's effect on copyright, trademark and patent law

Winning bids: well begun is half done

David Yeoward examines problems in the procurement process

Legal profession reacts to Queen's Speech

There has been disappointment that the Employment Bill was omitted for the third year running

Competition: The EU and UK extend the scope of merger control

Sean-Paul Brankin & Isobel Thomas assess competition law regulations over pharmaceutical and biotech mergers